Daqin Zhentiansi

This colossus's muscles were knotted like an ancient dragon coiled around its body, with dark gold and chaotic runes flowing around it, exuding a primordial aura of creation.

In his hand was a giant axe of blazing flames, formed from pure power and divine fire that distorted space with its intense white light.

"break!"

Zhang Yuan's command was like the sounding of a war drum of destruction.

The phantom of the Chaos Giant roared silently, and its giant axe, carrying the supreme will to shatter galaxies and sever laws, cleaved down fiercely!
“Boom—Crack!!!”

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the sickening cracking sound of space breaking under the strain!
Wherever the axe passed, the void for a hundred miles collapsed and was annihilated like a fragile glass mirror!
It formed a hideous, grotesque crack in the void!

Its power was so great that it had reached the level of a Venerable Realm expert's earth-shattering strike!
At the edge of the training ground, the five human venerables in charge of observing could no longer remain seated. They abruptly stood up, their faces filled with disbelief and shock.

"Stonehenge—Stand!"

Zhang Yuan didn't stop, and the garrison commander pointed again.

"stand--!!!"

Eight hundred defensive cultivators who primarily practiced the "Mysterious Jade Returning to Truth Technique" responded in unison, their voices shaking the mountains and rivers.

They stood firmly on the ground, as steady as mountains landing.

The radiant light of the Dao, tinged with the color of black jade, surged from their bodies in layers. It was no longer a protective aura that protected each individual, but rather, through the mysteries of the battle formation, it transformed into a gigantic, inverted black jade light shield, firmly protecting the entire army within it.

At the core of the formation, the disciple of the Rock Venerable stood with his hair bristling and his hands forming hand seals with lightning speed, pouring his boundless holy energy into the formation's core without reservation.

"Om-!"

The light shield surged violently, and bursts of light boiled!
A larger, more solid image of a Xuan Turtle, bearing the phantom of a majestic mountain, emerged proudly!
The tortoise shell is thick and ancient, and the natural engravings on it are not ordinary patterns, but chaotic Dao patterns that flow endlessly and contain the ultimate truth!

The heavy, stable, and inviolable aura emanating from the Dharma image made the space seem to freeze.

Just then, a torrent of poisonous fire at the level of a demon lord, deliberately provoked by the Heavenly Sword Venerable, crashed into the Xuan Turtle Dharma Image!
"Oh!"

The anticipated violent explosion did not occur.

The torrent of poisonous fire vanished without a trace, leaving only a few barely perceptible ripples on the halo of light flowing from the chaotic Dao patterns on the tortoise shell before disappearing completely without even a wisp of smoke dissipating!

"Hiss..." Venerable Lingyun gasped, her beautiful eyes gleaming with astonishment, "Eight battle formations, all containing the true meaning of chaos! With the body of a Saint Realm cultivator, they perfectly invoked and controlled the power of the laws of heaven and earth..."

"The chaotic battle formation created by this child has opened up an unprecedented era for the battle tactics of our primordial human race!"

Her assessment revealed the turbulent emotions churning within the hearts of all the venerable ones.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away upstream on the Chensha River, the ancient altar of the Crimson Scale Python Clan was erupting with a burst of blood-red light.

"The Xuanjia Crocodile Clan! They've gone too far! How dare they plunder our clan's blood crystal mine! And the Blackwater Xuan Snake! Treacherous and vicious, slaughtering our outpost camp!"

An elder of the Crimson Scale Python clan, with bloodshot eyes, roared and hissed as his massive tail lashed wildly across the river, creating towering waves.

"If we do not annihilate these two clans today, reclaim the Blood Crystal, and wash away this shame, my Crimson Scale Python Clan swears never to be demons again! My sons, follow me and kill—!"

The flames of hatred were ignited, and the already fragile balance among the three races was instantly shattered.

Triggered by a struggle for resources, the three powerful clans of the Sunken Sand River—the Crimson Scale Python, the Black Armor Crocodile, and the Black Water Serpent—collided violently, fueled by Zhang Yuan's secret machinations and the precise "ignition" of the Flowing Cloud Formation!
The entire river basin was instantly transformed into a meat grinder in a hellish inferno!
Demonic energy soared into the sky, roars shook the heavens, blood waves surged, and the corpses of countless aquatic monsters drifted with the current, turning the Chensha River dark red.

In the chaotic shadows of the battlefield, Qing Xuanzi led a hundred "Flowing Cloud Formation" cultivators, like ghosts blending into the water.

Their movements were elusive and their presence perfectly concealed. Under the cover of bloodshed and chaos, they quietly infiltrated the left flank of the Crimson Scale Python Clan army.

There, a large amount of blood crystal ore that has not yet been transported away, as well as food and supplies, are stockpiled.

Qing Xuanzi's gaze was icy. A specially made jade talisman in his palm glowed faintly as he channeled his divine sense into it: "Reporting to Commander Huo! The main force of the Crimson Scale Python vanguard has been successfully lured into the mudflat position set up by the Xuanjia Crocodile. Its left flank supply camp is undefended, and its coordinates have been locked!"

Thousands of miles away, on a secluded mountaintop at the edge of a lava canyon.

Zhang Yuan, his face covered by black armor, stood alone amidst the scorching gale.

Beneath your feet, the lava river flows slowly across the earth like a dark red pulse.

Before him was not a sand table, but a three-dimensional, dynamic light and shadow picture covering a thousand miles of battlefield, jointly outlined by divine thought and the Heaven-Burning Divine Fire.

The crimson lights representing the three races in a chaotic battle collided and annihilated each other.

Upon hearing the message, a cold glint flashed in Zhang Yuan's eyes.

The tip of the bone spear, covered with dark gold lightning patterns, precisely positioned itself at the left flank of the Crimson Scale Python's supply depot in the light and shadow diagram, instantly marking it with a thin yet sharp line of fire.

“Execute the ‘framing’.” Zhang Yuan’s voice, cold and decisive, came through the jade talisman.

"Understood!" Qing Xuanzi's eyes sharpened, and with a wave of his hand, a hundred cultivators from the Flowing Cloud Formation appeared instantly, like venomous bees poised to pounce!
Instead of charging directly into the camp, they formed groups of dozens, making hand gestures and chanting incantations.

"The flowing clouds gather energy, and the divine fire is ignited!"

In an instant, countless tiny yet incredibly pure seeds of the Heaven-Burning Divine Fire were precisely driven into the depths of the mountain of supplies piled up throughout the grain camp using the secret techniques of the "Qi-Guiding and Profound Chapter," especially some highly flammable and explosive blood crystal-associated ores!

"Boom! Boom! Boom—!"

Almost simultaneously, dozens of locations inside the Red Scale Python's left-wing supply camp suddenly erupted with dazzling dark purple flames!
The flames seemed to possess life, carrying the domineering power to incinerate everything, instantly forming a sea of ​​fire!
The stockpiled grain and blood crystal ore burned and exploded violently under terrifying heat! Soaring flames and the thick, pungent remnants of demonic power, carrying the unique stench of the Xuanjia Crocodile Clan, instantly spread out!
"Enemy attack! It's the poisonous fire of the Black-Armored Crocodile! They've burned our grain!"

The red-scaled python's left wing was instantly thrown into chaos, and its terrified hisses echoed along the riverbank.

The enraged Crimson Scale Python warriors stared at the remaining "evidence" in the firelight and the figures of the Flowing Cloud Array cultivators disguised as Xuanjia Crocodile scouts who were "fleeing in panic." Their anger completely overwhelmed their reason, and they frantically pounced on the flank of the Xuanjia Crocodile army that was entangled with the Black Water Xuan Snake.

The three races are locked in a chaotic war that has escalated to a full-blown and completely spiraled out of control!

Zhang Yuan shifted his gaze from the map of light and shadow to a massive, mouth-shaped lava canyon downstream of the Chensha River, known as the Lava Canyon.

This area is characterized by active subterranean fires, a fragile crust, and is a crucial transportation hub leading to the core territories of the three races.

"Order: The Arrowhead Formation shall immediately break camp and use the 'Flowing Cloud Escape' technique to stealthily advance. They must arrive at the 'Dragon-Severing Gate' at the northern end of Lava Gorge at 3:45 PM two days from now, guard the vital passage, and cut off the Blackwater Serpent's retreat! If they encounter the enemy, they shall block them but not kill them, forcing them to flee south!"

"Those belonging to the Eight Trigrams Formation, follow me first! Target: Lava Canyon leyline node—'Fire Vortex Eye'! Deploy the 'Heaven-Burning Fire Dragon-Attracting Formation'!"

"The remaining six formations, according to Plans A, B, and C, will advance in three routes to the high ground on the east, west, and south sides of Lava Gorge, hide and await my command, and then surround and lock down the gorge!"

"Within three days, I want all the main forces of these three races to be trapped in this lava inferno and reduced to dust!"

Commands, transmitted precisely and swiftly through the Ten Directions Guardian Order, reached the core of each battle formation. Under Zhang Yuan's will, the eight slumbering war beasts began to turn like precise gears, silently rushing towards the designated battlefield.

Deep within the lava canyon, subterranean fires surged, and the stench of sulfur was pungent.

The Black-Armored Crocodile King was leading his elite troops in a fierce and evenly matched battle against the main force of the Crimson-Scaled Python.

Each slap of its massive tail, covered in thick bone armor, carried immense force, smashing large groups of Crimson Scale Python warriors into a bloody pulp.

"Kill! Kill all these long worms! The blood crystal mine is ours!" roared the Xuanjia Crocodile King.

Suddenly, its massive body froze, and a heart-pounding tremor emanated from the depths of the earth!

It wasn't the aftermath of a battle, but... the mournful cry of the earth's veins!
“Rumble——!!!”

The entire lava canyon trembled violently, cliffs cracked, and boulders tumbled down!

"Oh no! Something's wrong with the earth's veins! It's subterranean fire! Retreat!"

An experienced elder of the Blackwater Serpent Clan suddenly narrowed his vertical pupils and hissed in terror.

It suddenly looked up, gazing at the inconspicuous rock crevices high in the canyon.

One hundred Bagua Formation cultivators had quietly occupied the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend positions around the canyon without anyone noticing!

Each person held a banner engraved with intricate chaotic runes, which they plunged deep into the scorching hot rock!
The leading cultivator was none other than Zhang Yuan, who was personally in command.

He pressed his hands lightly against the ground, and activated the "Return of All Qi to the Source" supernatural power of the thirteenth level of the "Guiding Qi to the Profound" chapter to its fullest extent!

"Earthly fire serves as the catalyst, all energies return to their source! The blazing fire burns the heavens, the fiery dragon rises!"

As Zhang Yuan's cold voice rang out, all one hundred battle flags simultaneously erupted with a blinding red light!

An invisible, powerful suction force instantly enveloped the giant lava river that had been dormant for countless millennia deep beneath the canyon!

“Ouch——!!!”

It sounded like a roar from the deepest hell!
The earth's fiery energy, accumulated over hundreds of millions of years, was forcibly activated, gathered, and compressed by the formation, and then... it erupted with a roar!
It's not an eruption, it's a complete release!
It's a cathartic outpouring of destruction!

In the center of the lava canyon, the solid ground suddenly arched upwards like a fragile eggshell, and then exploded with a deafening roar!

The crimson, scalding, and viscous magma, like a world-destroying dragon that has broken free of its shackles, with terrifying heat that could burn the eight wastelands and indescribable impact, transformed into a blood-red waterfall with a diameter of over a hundred feet, pouring down and instantly submerging most of the bottom of the canyon!
"Do not--!"

"Run!"

"Help me... Ah—!!!"

The piercing, desperate screams instantly drowned out all the shouts of battle.

The venomous mist spewed by the Crimson Scale Python warriors ignited the moment it came into contact with the magma, turning into raging flames that instead devoured their companions!
The Xuanjia Crocodile's proud and indestructible bone armor quickly turned red, softened, and cracked under the scorching heat of the earth fire elite that could melt refined gold!
The flesh inside made a terrifying sizzling sound, and thick smoke billowed out!

Countless demon soldiers and generals didn't even have time to struggle before they instantly vaporized, leaving not even ashes behind!
"Form the array! Quickly form the defensive array..."

Elder Blackwater's eyes were bloodshot as he tried to organize his remaining troops into a defensive formation.

However, the prelude to destruction has only just begun!

"Woo-hum-hum!"

The deep and majestic sound of the horn seemed to come from the heavens above, piercing through the roar of the magma and the wails of the demon race!
The sky suddenly darkened!
Eight enormous beams of light, each a different color but all exuding an aura of world destruction, tore through the dark clouds like spears of divine punishment, and crashed down upon the eight strategic points of the lava canyon with the force of falling meteors!

The beam of light dissipated, revealing eight towering battle formations, each as majestic as a mountain and radiating an aura of chaos!
"What kind of monster is that?!"

The surviving demon soldiers and generals were terrified when they saw those enormous Dharma images that they had never seen before and that exuded terrifying pressure!
"Sharp Arrow - Break the Army!" Zhang Yuan's voice, like a divine decree, resounded across the battlefield.

At the northern end, at the "Dragon-Severing Gate," a wedge formation composed of a thousand body cultivators moved!
The phantom of the Chaos Giant took a step forward, causing the lava beneath its feet to surge and dodge!

Ignoring the scorching heat and the enormous flaming battle axe, it cleaved through the air with the will to cleave the heavens and earth, aiming at the Xuanjia Crocodile King, which was trying to break through from the north!

"Roar!"

The Xuanjia Crocodile King was filled with shock and rage. He gathered all his demonic power, and his natal scales erupted with a blinding dark light in an attempt to withstand the attack.

"Snap—Pfft!!!"

A chilling cracking sound rang out!

The natal scales, which were strong enough to withstand a full-force attack from a peak Saint Realm expert, were cleaved like rotten wood under the combined attack of the Chaos Giant God and the Burning Sky Battle Axe!

The scalding blood of the Crocodile King gushed out like a burst dam, stirring up a cloud of blood mist in the magma!
"Two Elements - Lock the Heavens!"

On the west side of the canyon, the Yin-Yang Battle Formation is in operation.

A massive Yin-Yang array rotated in the air as a hundred cultivators simultaneously brandished their swords!

No longer were chaotic sword energies, but thousands of pure sword energies, guided by the array diagram, instantly transformed into a slowly rotating, all-consuming chaotic millstone!

Dozens of elite Crimson Scale Python guards who attempted to form a defensive formation were caught in the blast. Their tough snake scales and powerful demonic bodies were torn apart and crushed like paper under the crushing force of the millstone, turning into a cloud of blood and mud!
"Four Symbols - Suppressing Prison!"

The Four Symbols Battle Formation erupts simultaneously from the four directions: east, south, west, and north!
The phantom of the Azure Dragon roared, spewing out chains of azure lightning.

The phantom of the white tiger roared, its mouth filled with killing winds.

The phantom of the Vermilion Bird cried out, its wings unleashing flames that scorched the heavens.

The phantom of Xuanwu roared, and its tortoise shell unleashed a suppressive light!
The four sacred beasts, each holding a giant array flag in their mouths, guarded the four directions!
The four-colored divine light intertwined to form a net, creating a huge cage that tightly sealed off the core area of ​​the Lava Canyon, including the erupting volcano and the remaining main force of the three races!

Space was frozen, and escape techniques were blocked, completely severing their last hope of tearing through space to escape!
"Hellfire, descend!"

Just as the Eight Formations displayed their astonishing power, dividing, surrounding, and slaughtering the remnants of the three races, a hoarse yet divinely ordained voice drowned out all other sounds on the battlefield, resounding deep within the souls of every living being!

At the top of the canyon where lava surges, on the highest cliff.

The figure with the black armor covering his face finally appeared.

Behind it, a pair of enormous wings made of pure dark purple divine fire suddenly unfurled, like clouds hanging from the sky, covering half of the sky!
Dark golden chaotic lightning patterns danced and leaped along the edges of the wings, exuding a terrifying aura of destruction and creation.

The intense flames of the magma outlined the ferocious lines on his armor, making him look like a demon god reborn from the ashes!
Zhang Yuan! (End of Chapter)